Analysis of Explosive Events

Chlorate‐based homemade explosives: A review

“…Currently, countries including Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom have implemented strategies involving the collection of information from improvised explosive devices (IEDs), forensic analysis of explosives, device exploitation, analysis of insurgent tactics, and more to form forensic intelligence suitable for use by counter‐IED task forces (Legrand & Vogel, 2012). Bishop et al detail how there is a challenge in recognition of potential intelligence by bomb squad management as there is a tendency for specific types of evidence, such as DNA, to be regarded in a higher manner, leaving evidence such as explosive evidence in disregard (Bishop et al, 2022). Bishop et al, however, go on to say that security services and the military, contrarily, have been gathering intelligence such as placement locations, designs and compositions of IEDs for years (Bishop et al, 2022).…”

“…Bishop et al detail how there is a challenge in recognition of potential intelligence by bomb squad management as there is a tendency for specific types of evidence, such as DNA, to be regarded in a higher manner, leaving evidence such as explosive evidence in disregard (Bishop et al, 2022). Bishop et al, however, go on to say that security services and the military, contrarily, have been gathering intelligence such as placement locations, designs and compositions of IEDs for years (Bishop et al, 2022). Therefore, it is evident that forensic intelligence holds the potential to aid in future investigations of explosive cases involving chlorate and perchlorate substances.…”